Temporary binder



Sept. 4, 192s.

A. J. CARDOZA TEMPORARY BINDER Filed Oct. 31, 1927 INVENTOR. BY

ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 4, 1928.

ANTONE J'. CARDOZA, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

UNITED STATES` TEMPORARY BINDER.

Application filed October 31, 1927.

This invention relates to temporary bind` ers of the type adapted to hold magazines, catalogs, telephone books, or other publications of the type having one edge bound, or consisting of a fold, the said publicat-ion being removably held in position within the binder.

I am aware of binders which hold such publications therein by means of manually operated spring rods, and others wherein the publication is locked within the binder by a locking means which is a visible and conspicuous part of the binder, and still others wherein the locking feature is finger operated by anyone having the binder in his possession.

My invention has features and advantages not possessed by any of the foregoing types, and is especially adapted for observation and Pullman cars, clubs, libraries, and other places where it frequently happens that the publications are of very considerable value, and experience has demonstrated that patrons frequently remove the magazine from the binder, such for instance as on observation cars of railroad trains. The carrier provides expensive pictorial magazines of views along the line of travel, and experience has shown that the traveling public removes the magazines and appropriate the same. To place a visible lock upon the binder `gives affront to refined patronage, yet, for thefinancial benefit of the owner and the benefit of all the patrons, it is desirable that the magazine be locked within the binder for use by all.

The object of the invention is to produce a temporary binder economical in commercial production, and which is positive and secure in its holding of the publication within the binder and which is adaptable to operation by a socket wrench or socket key locking and unlocking a mechanism which normally is not operable without use of a socket wrench or .ke

Aniither object is to provide a binder adapted to lock the bound publication into a grooved channel, so that it may not readily be removed therefrom without a specially adapted means for unlocking the binder, and generally to improve upon the present existing temporary binders for similar purposes.

Other objects of the linvention will be more fully understood by reference to the following detailed specification, and the accompanying drawing, it being understood that variations in form, size, proportion and minor Serial No. 229,922.

details, within the scope of the appended claims may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, wherein like numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the-several views Fig. l is a perspective view of the binder showing in dotted lines a magazine therein, and also in dotted lines the binder rod partially removed from its locking position.

F ig. 2 is a broken sectional view, taken centrally of the longitudinal dimension.

Fig. 3 is a vertical elevation of an end View showing the locking means inset.

Fig. et is a cross section taken transversely on line 4 4 F ig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a cross section enlargement of the opposite ends of Fig. 2.

A binding device in accordance with this invention comprises, in connection with two cover boards joined together' with ythe usual hinge back portion generally indicated A, a U channel i extending longitudinally of said back portion A, and adapted to receive the bound or folded portion of a magazine or catalog, or folded edge of a publication as at 2, said channel 1 having any suitable means therein for removably and tightly attaching same to the back A of the cover, such as indicated 3 in F ig. 2, said channel 1 stopping short of the longitudinal limits of the back A so as to allow the locking means, hereafter described, to come within said limits and not project therebeyond. The U channel has longitudinal side flanges l extending upwardly from the floor thereof a sufcient distance to prevent the publication therein' be'- ing spread quite fiat, but permitting the publication to be opened suf'iciently for use.

At one end of said channel is a lug 4 extending upwardly from the bottom of the U channel l, and bent back downwardly upon itself substantially parallel as at 5, the two faces thus formed being in spaced relationship as at 6. The vend 4 is provided in its outer wall with an opening?, and the inner wall of said lug is provided with an opening 8 the outer opening 7 being of greater diameter than the inner opening 8 and in substantial axial alignment therewith. At the opposite end of the U channel l, is a second lug 9 extending upwardly, and being bent back downwardly upon itself substantially parallel as at 10 it being optional whether the facing Walls 9 and l0 are in contact or in special relationship, my preference being that the opllu posing faces thereof be substantially in contact. The inner upwardly turned wall of lug 9 contains a guide opening 11 in alignment with a secondary opening 12 in the downwardly .turned portion 10, the opening 12 having screw threads therein. This construction is probably best illustrated in Fig. 5.

A binder rod 13 is provided, preferably circular in transverse cross section, being of sufficient length to extend between and conneet with the lugs 4 and 10, and being of less diameter than the openings 7, 8 and 11, and being threaded at one end as at 14 for threadably engaging the opening 12, which is provided with corresponding threads 15 for that purpose. The end of the rod 13 opposite the threaded end is headed as at 16 sothat the headed portion is larger than the opening 8, and smaller than the opening 7, said headed portion 16, forming a shoulder in Contact with the surface of lug 4 to restrict further forward movement of the rod 13 when the threaded end of said rod is drawn tightly into the threaded opening 12, said headed portion of the rod 13 also allowing for engagement therewith of a detached socket key 17 which key may be of any suitable type having a shank adapted to pass through the opening 7 and turnably engage the end 16 of the rod 13.

In operation, the rod 13 is unsere-wed by means of the key 17 so that its opposite end 14 is disengaged from its threaded engagement with the lug 10, and the rod 13 may then be withdrawn as shown in dotted lines Fig. 1, which permits of placing the fold of the magazine or other publication within the binder, by placing the bound edge or fold thereof in the channel 1, the fianges 4 and 9 preventing endwise slippage; the rod 13 is then passed between the pages of the magazine and inserted through the guide 9 and turned by means of key 17 into threaded engagement with opening 12 until the shoulder formed by the head 16 of the rod 13 .impinges the lug 4. The key 17 is then removed, and the magazine is left securely locked in the binder. While my preferred form shows the flanges 4 and 9 constructed by being bent back upon themselves, it is manifest that these lugs could be made of a single solid piece of material, having proper recesses at 7 and 11.

It is obvious that when the bound edge of the magazine is placed within the channel 1 and the rod 13 is pressed down so as to be ,threaded through the guide 11 and fixedly engaged, the publication cannot be spread out fiat and taken from the binder without removal of the rod 13. Since it is contemplated that a socket wrench or key of the special type to fit the rod head 16 will be in the possession of the custodian only of the publication, the

publication is reasonably secure from being removed from the binder, since the head 16 of the rod 13 becomes recessed in the space G and not susceptible to finger operation. This construction eliminates the offensive ap pearance of locking the magazine to prevent its removal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A binder device, comprising a longitudinal channel adapted to receive the fold of a publication, upwardly extending perforated lugs at each of the opposing ends of said channel, a rod extending through openings in both of said lugs and adapted to be removably engaged thereby in such manner that the fold of the publication is held by said rod within the channel, said rod having one end removably engaged in the opening in one lug and the other end of said rod being headed so as to tightly impinge against the other of said lugs when the opposite end of the rod is tightly held by the first mentioned lug.

2. A binder device comprising a longitudinal channel adapted to receive the fold of a publication, a rod substantially parallel therewith and adapted to hold a publication within said channel by said rod being passed between the pages of said publication, lugs at the opposite ends of said channel for removably holding said rod in a fixed position and means at one end of said rod adapted for engagement with a socket key whereby said rod may be turned for releasement from said fixed position.

3. A binder device comprising a longitudinal channel to receive the fold of a publication, lugs at each of the opposing ends of said channel, a rod having a headed end and a threaded end and extending between said lugs, the threaded end of said rod adapted for releasable engagement by one of said lugs, the other end of said rod passing through axially aligned bores of different diameters in the other lug in such manner that the headed end of said rod will be held within the recess of said lug and against the shoulder formed between the two bores.

4. A binder device comprising a longitudinal channel adapted to receive the fold of' a publication, upwardly extending lugs at each of the opposing ends of said channel, a rod extending longitudinally of said channel and substantially centrally disposed to said channel, one end of said rod having threaded engagement with one of said lugs and the other end of said rod being headed for shouldered engagement with the second of said lugs, the said second lug being recessed to accommodate the headed portion of said rod, and said'headed end of said rod being adapted to seat tightly within said recess when the threadedly engaged end of said rod is tightly engaged.

5. A binder device comprising a longitudinal channel adapted to receive the fold of a publication, upwardly extending lugs at each of the opposing ends of said channel, a rod extending longitudinally of said channel, one end of said rod having a threaded engagement With one of said lugs and the other end of said rod being headed for shouldered engagement with the second of said lugs, the said second lug being recessed to accommodate the headed portion of said rod, and means to engage said headed portion of said rod Within said recess so that said rod may be turned on its longitudinal axis.

(l. A binder device comprising a longitudinal channel, having upwardly extending lugs at each o the opposite ends ot' said channel, each of said upwardly extended lugs being formed by bending an extension of the floor of said channel upwardly at an angle to said floor and then bending said extended portion back upon itself, the one of said lugs having a guide opening through its inner layer and being threaded in its outer layer, and the second of said lugs having its inner layer and outer layer in spaced relationship, the outer layer having an opening therethrough of greater diameter than a similar opening through the inner layer, a rod having a headed portion and a body portion and adapted to pass its body portion through the outer and inner layer of said secondary lug and having its headed portion adapted to pass through the outer layer and seat upon the inner layer, said rod having its opposite end threaded to engage the threaded portion in the outer layer of the first mentioned lug, the recessed headed end of said rod being adapted for engagement by a socket key for rotation of the rod so that the threaded end of said rod may be turned to threadably and tightly engage the first mentioned lug, the headed portion of said rod being then adapted to seat tightly against the inner Wall ot' the secondary lug.

ANTONE J. CARDOZA. 

